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Tommyjet Valued Member United States 334 Posts	Posted 04/02/2016 8:20 pm Wife handed me some pocket change and this coin stood out. So I went and weighted it 3 times and keeps coming up between 6-7 grams. Could this be silver? Thank for your help. Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 04/02/2016 9:11 pm I don't know of any 1965 Quarters that were silver. The standard weight should be 5.7 grams and your scale appears to not do fractions of grams, so maybe the 6 grams was a weight rounded up. Report this Post to the Staff
Rackster Pillar of the Community United States 4809 Posts	Posted 04/02/2016 9:45 pm There were 1965 Quarters coined onto silver planchets and the weight would be heavier than the clad version. 6.25 grams. So your coin is in the correct weight range, but it doesn't look silver to me (looks like nickel). The normal clad planchet is 5.67 grams so a plated quarter could weigh around 6 grams. I think you need to do a silver test with tissue paper for starters and wait for folks with more knowledge to chime in and get you started on things you can do to figure out what you have there. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/02/2016 10:01 pm One way to test it is to place this coin and a silver coin side by side then cover it with a single layer of facial tissue. If they are both silver they should be white in color. If this is not a silver coin it will look gray. That would be the real test to answer this question. Don't use a toned silver coin as it will throw this off. But the whiteness will show through the tissue, if the coins are both silver. If the coin shows through as gray, then it a cupro nickel clad. Report this Post to the Staff
Numisma Pillar of the Community United States 4963 Posts	Posted 04/03/2016 01:29 am Definitely looks like clad to me. Can you see copper on the edge? Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/03/2016 04:53 am Looks clad to me also. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Tommyjet Valued Member United States 334 Posts	Posted 04/03/2016 07:24 am Thanks guy for all the info. Fuzzy was right scale was rounding up. Coops test with tissue confirmed it. And looking at the edges was way to easy cause if I would have looked closer I would has saved alot of time. I am such a NEWB!! Report this Post to the Staff
Numisma Pillar of the Community United States 4963 Posts	Posted 04/03/2016 3:02 pm No problem. Everyone has to learn at some point. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/03/2016 3:54 pm Others that read this thread may pick up new points as well, or recall something forgotten. Never a waste of time. it shows you are growing in understanding. Report this Post to the Staff
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